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Yannis Smaragdis

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Yannis Smaragdis

Born April 25, 1946 · Gonies, Heraklio, Greece (age 80)

Yannis Smaragdis was born in Crete in 1946. He studied Film in Greece and France. He made his first appearance in 1972 with the short film Two Three Things..., which received the first prize at the Athens Film Festival, as well as a Special Mention at the Montreal Film Festival. Iannis Smaragdis' career has been full of creativity and counts many successes. His most significant features are Cavafy…

Known For

Kapodistrias: The GovernorKapodistrias: The Governor · 2025
Kapodistrias: The Governor
★ 4.22025
MovieHistoryDrama
The story of the statesman Ioannis Kapodistrias from his time as foreign minister of Russia all the way to Greece's independence in the 1820s.
Thus Spoke the CityThus Spoke the City · 1990
Thus Spoke the City
1990
Movie
32 film essays. Poets and Cities.
The Travelling PlayersThe Travelling Players · 1975
The Travelling Players
★ 7.21975
MovieDramaWar
A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.
El GrecoEl Greco · 2007
El Greco
★ 6.12007
MovieDrama
The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
God Loves CaviarGod Loves Caviar · 2012
God Loves Caviar
★ 5.42012
MovieAdventureHistory
The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
KazantzakisKazantzakis · 2017
Kazantzakis
★ 6.02017
MovieHistory
The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.
CavafyCavafy · 1996
Cavafy
★ 4.21996
MovieDrama
An ailing, elderly poet reminisces about his life of unrest and homosexual urges.
What a MessWhat a Mess · 1982
What a Mess
★ 6.81982
MovieComedy
Three short stories satirizing the Greece of “Change” in early 80's. A take-off on the police dramas of Giannis Maris; a satire of the films of the New Greek Cinema; and a satire of the “fustanella (Greek kilt)” films as well.

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